Dozens more jobs lost at Williamstown shipyard
Seventy more job cuts have been announced at BAE Systems naval shipyard in Willliamstown.
It follows the axing of 125 jobs in August and signals...
Pet checks warning
Hobsons Bay council has warned residents to be wary of a man posing as a council officer conducting door-to-door animal registration checks.
A photo of...
Coalition pledges $6 million cash splash to save Laverton pool
The Liberal-Nationals Coalition has stepped in to save the Laverton Swim and Fitness Centre from being decomissioned, pledging $6 million towards preserving the site,...
Colin Palmer farewelled
Hundreds turned out to farewell the former convenor of the Hobsons Bay Residents Association, Colin Palmer, at Altona Memorial Park on Friday.
Mr Palmer died...
Push for traffic light
Star Weekly has looked back at our archives and selected some of our favourite stories, including Brooklyn and district road users calling for the...
Sims Supermarket Footscray page crushes the web
A parody Facebook page for Footscray’s Sims Supermarket has attracted more than 7000 followers within a fortnight of being created.
The page emerged as Star...
Business confidence drops
There has been a drop in confidence for Victorian businesses in regards to revenue growth, with almost one third responding in a survey they...
Falcons provide helping hand
The City West Falcons and Collingwood Super Netball team headed to Shepparton on Sunday to help some of the next generation of netballers.
The two...
Calling for a safer Ballarat Road
Western Metropolitan MP Trung Luu has called for more safety measures to be put in place along Braybrook's Ballarat Road.
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday,...
Land rights story told in Coranderrk
It’s a story that was hidden for too long.
Coranderrk was a reserve outside present-day Healesville, established in 1863 by dispossessed Kulan clans in what...
Police warn Victorians of online rental scams
Police have said that online rental scams cost Victorians, including those in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay over $125,000 in the first four months of...
Work to start on Seaholme seawall
Hobsons Bay council will next month start work on a $731,000 seawall at Seaholme, with works along the municipality’s 23-kilometre shoreline expected to cost...
Household transport spending increase
Household spending, including those in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, was 4.8 per cent higher when compared to August last year, new Australian Bureau of...
Port Phillip Woollen Mill site developer’s ultimatum to council
The developer of the Port Phillip Woollen Mill site in Williamstown has threatened to demolish the historic Nugget factory and build 930 dwellings on...
Ice use has rocketed in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong
Ice use, unheard of 10 years ago, has rocketed in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong, with almost 200 offenders detected in 2016.
Crime Statistics Agency (CSA)...
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Drugs, cash and firearm seized in Maidstone
Westgate Divisional Response Unit Detectives have charged a man and seized a quantity of drugs and a firearm in Maidstone on Thursday, May 16.
As...
